Matt Whiteman

Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

14.06.2025 19:06 — 👍 2505    🔁 768    💬 1397    📌 1519

Exiting expertise The members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) fired this week have published, on average, nearly five times more papers mentioning vaccines or vaccination in the title or abstract than their newly appointed replacements, half of whom have not published on the topic at all.

I think this really says it all:

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14.06.2025 20:11 — 👍 240    🔁 97    💬 8    📌 6

Professional Societies Must Address Gaps When Politics Overrides Evidence In an early release of his Summer issue's letter, Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, discusses the recent changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Adv...

In an early release of his Summer issue's letter, Editor-in-Chief @jgpharmd.bsky.social discusses the recent changes to the CDC'c ACIP, and where professional societies must step in and lead with research data and clinical guidance in the absence of experienced committee members. #IDsky #Medsky

16.06.2025 16:37 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

That's basically what I mean. Vaccines have changed society so much that the current generation has no idea what life was like before them, can't visualize that way of living, and doesn't understand the risk of returning to those days.

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